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Epistaxis management: is medical intervention required for inactive epistaxis?
Mustafa Cenk Ecevit1, Taner Kemal Erdağ, Seçil Uçar
1Department of Otolaryngology, Medical Faculty of Dokuz University, 35340 İnciraltı, İzmir, Turkey. cenk.ecevit@deu.edu.tr.
Objectives:
This study aims to discuss the management and the follow-up approach in patients with epistaxis.
Patients And Methods:
A total of 367 patients with epistaxis (209 males, 158 females; mean age 52.6±18.3 years; range 18 to 85 years) admitted to the Adult Emergency Department of a university hospital between January 2000 and December 2004 were retrospectively analyzed.
Results:
Of patients, 56.7% had an idiopathic bleeding. A significantly higher number of patients aged >50 years had high blood pressure on admission. Of 141 patients (38.49%) presenting without bleeding on admission, 20 required medical intervention for recurrent epistaxis. Conservative approaches were effective in stopping bleeding in 97.8% patients. The hospitalization ratio was 5.7%.
Conclusion:
Our study result show that endonasal endoscopic mucosal cauterization is an effective method for resistant-to-treatment cases and inactive bleeding on admission is not a restraint for further examination.
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